Peek-a-Hoo

Have I mentioned my love for Mr. Owly?? Not sure if I have. HA!

This card was inspired from a number of other bloggers who have done hide/seek cards lately, sooo cute. Definitely not my idea, but freaking cute! You'll note I whipped out the Scallop Trim Edge punch (again) and some chocolately ribbon. The sentiment is not SU! (sorry). I had accidentally grabbed the wrong punch so the peek spot is oval instead of round, I just went with it.  I have another one in the works that uses an even more 'interesting' shape, we'll see if that's worth sharing later. I didn't take a pic of the inside, but I had just stamped a branch for Owly to sit on (actually a flower stem, stamped horizontally)

Getting things together for my daughter to go back to school this week. Where did the time go?!?

In the dark....

A major storm passed through town last night. Rain, strong winds, thunder and lightning, none of which I'm a fan. The power has been out since 7pm last night and the latest update has it back by noon today.

So, last night we all huddled (all animals huddled in the room too, cats and dogs. They, in their fear of the storm, all forgot about their disdain for each other and for a few hours were willing to tolerate) the big bed by the light of a flashlight, well actually by the glow of our devices. iPad, iPod, Nintendo DSi- we each had our gizmo of choice and it helped to pass the time, especially for my daughter who doesn't deal with storms well at all.

Note to self- ensure all electronics are fully charged at ALL times.


- Posted from my iPad.

Simple Saturday

I believe that says it all.

I'd pick you...

A friend of mine was having a bad day so I thought I'd make her smile.  I put this tag together in a jiffy.  A few strips of paper, background stamping, punched flower (note the bling!) and a cheery sentiment make a great gift to brighten someones day. I dropped into the grocery store and picked up a lovely (read inexpensive) bouquet and delivered it with my tag....smiles everywhere!

Tag Team

I hadn't 'tagged' in a while and my attention span was low so it was obviously Tag Time.

The first tag is easy peasy, just some stamps a strip of paper at the bottom and a stamped and cut out birdy that's propped up on foam squares. I whipped out Owly parts and put one of my fine feathered friends together (have I mentioned my joy about the Owl punch?) for tag #2. The Scallop Trim Edge punch gives it a nice little detail at the bottom.  A bow, popped up sentiment and some background stamping that brings out the colour of Owly make for a nice combo.

You've probably already figured out that these tags make great bookmarks.  Leave the top ribbon or string longer and they'll mark your spot and brighten your day. 

Congratulations!

I rarely make 'fancy' cards.  They're too.....I'm not sure WHAT they are,  but they are.  So when I had to make a 'fancy' card for a 25th anniversary I was a titch nervous.  I went with elegant swirls, sparkle and pearls.

The patterned paper actually has a pearlized finish which is hard to tell on camera, but you can make out the sparkle from the heat embossed swirls (I used SU Iridescent Ice for the sparkle).  Then I tied a pretty simple bow with Very Vanilla and sprinkled some pearls on.  The sentiment stamped in Early Espresso is from the Congrats set.

Didn't turn out that bad.  In hindsight,  I could have used a bit more flourishy sentiment, but all the other ones I tried got lost in the background swirls.  It's ok though, I'll take it....I'm calling this one done. 

Simple Saturday

We planted these Pambina Plum trees 2 years ago.  This is the first time they've made fruit.  I'm not expecting to gather bushels of them, I'm not even expecting them to turn colour, but I'm still happy.